Doing nothing functions as political resistance to the attention economy.

Evidence

This book is about how to hold open that place in the sun. It is a field guide to doing nothing as an act of political resistance to the attention economy, with all the stubbornness of a Chinese “nail house” blocking a major highway. I want this not only for artists and writers, but for any person who perceives life to be more than an instrument and therefore something that cannot be optimized. — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 12

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘doing nothing’ as an act of political resistance, not withdrawal — the crux of the reader’s defense against the misreading.
• XREF: Directly serves the reader’s purpose of defending Odell against the withdrawal misreading; the ‘nail house’ blocks-dam metaphor anchors her not-withdrawal stance.